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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Marketing and sales teams are famously frenemies. Sales and marketing alignment is no small task, but it’s not a mystery. Sales only cares about hitting targets, by any means necessary.”). Sales and marketing alignment isn’t easy, but it’s one of the most efficient ways to improve your business.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

And here’s something else to consider: Research shows that while most businesses make sales to between 5% and 20% of new customers, they close deals with 60% to 70% of existing customers. The research also revealed that 70% of leads are lost due to inadequate follow-up. Lead scoring allows you to master the follow-up.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

A few to consider include your CRM, of course, but also things like analytics and data platforms, your CMS, webinar platforms, and any other functional tools such as survey apps, chatbots, and sales tools. Lead-generation tools. Make it easy to track leads, no matter how many you have in your system.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In our last piece in this series, we talked about the downsides of sales and marketing misalignment. Let’s talk about how to align sales and marketing on a common strategy. Read on to learn how working together for a common goal can align sales and marketing teams. Enough of that! Startups or enterprise orgs?

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MAY 1, 2018

What is a Marketing Qualified Lead really depends on each organization. Basically, it is when a prospect is ready to be handed to sales from marketing based on their level of engagement with your company. Engagement could be content downloads, webinars, or a badge scan at an trade show or event.

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MAY 9, 2018

Wondering what is lead nurturing? Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with your buyers at every stage of their buying process (and your sales funnel). Ready to start lead nurturing? Find out how to engage your B2B buyers throughout their journey in 5 steps.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Locate “champions” in critical departments (usually including sales and IT, in addition to marketing) to help keep your project moving. For example, most marketers ( 61% ) identify lead generation as a top goal. Setting up technical requirements can be frustrating without the support of IT.

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